I guess Megan Fox is still filming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 in New York, because we’ve got another round of behind-the-scenes shots today. Only if you ask me, Megan’s starting to look a little bored in this latest fight scene. And wearing an outfit like this, I don’t blame her. What happened to the […]

As I mentioned earlier this week, I was surprised that Alicia Cargile didn't join Kristen Stewart in Paris this week when Kristen made an appearance as a model in the Chanel show. Whether you believe Alicia and Kristen are dating (they are dating), we can all agree that they've been attached at the hip for more than a year. Kristen has been consistently traveling with, vacationing with and working beside Alicia for a while now. So why did Alicia skip the Paris trip' Why did Kristen want to just hang out with Riley Keough and Kanye West' I don't know. But maybe it's because Alicia has sort of taken over Kristen's life to a point where it's kind of suffocating' That's my interpretation of this Star story:

According to insiders, Kristen Stewart's former personal assistant turned live-in girlfriend Alicia Cargile is in complete control of the actress's life.

'At first, Alicia was just reading over Kristen's scripts, helping her make decisions for movie roles,' says a pal. 'Now she makes sure Kristen's bills are paid, arranges their dinner plans and even answers Kristen's phone!'

Kristen is more than happy to let her girlfriend take the reins. 'She gets completely overwhelmed when she's working on set. With Alicia around, Kristen can just concentrate on her acting.'

[From Star Magazine, print edition]

If Kristen was a man and his live-in girlfriend was doing all this, most of us wouldn't blink an eye. I actually don't think there's a huge problem with it, mostly because Alicia was Kristen's assistant and I could see then falling into that dynamic in their relationship without even being conscious of it. Like, 'Can you organize this for me, hon' Can you do this' Can you wait for the cable guy'' Etc. Still, I wonder how messy this could get if and when Kristen and Alicia split.

Paris Hilton may not be nearly as famous these days as she used to be, but here’s the OGhot nobody outin London showing thatshe’s still got it. And by “it,” I mean the ability to show off her pushed-up cleavage for the paps. And I know that some of you cynics out there are probably […]

Sofia Vergara and Reese Witherspoon made a big deal about their wild & crazy friendship while they promoted their turd of a film, Hot Pursuit, a few months ago. I actually understand why the film happened ' take 'America's Sweetheart' Reese ad the most popular woman on TV and put them together in a girls' road-trip/comedy and it could have worked. But it didn't. The reviews were terrible and the film died a swift and painful death at the box office. So now Radar says that Sofia and Reese's friendship has died a swift death too.

It was supposed to be a buddy comedy, but when Hot Pursuit flopped at the box office, it turned Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara against each other! Witherspoon and Vergara had reportedly become inseparable friends as they worked together on the film ' but things changed after the movie only barely made back its $35 million production budget.

'Sofia and Reese have turned the movie's failure into a brutal blame game,' an insider told RadarOnline.com. 'Reese blames Sofia's accent and 'irritating laugh,' while Sofia blames Reese for not being sexy or funny enough.'

As if things weren't awkward enough, both women are represented by Witherspoon's husband, agent Jim Toth! 'Jim is desperately trying to broker peace between them, but then they start accusing him of playing favorites! He can't win.'

The actresses are reportedly 'devastated' by the monetary and critical failure. Both women stood to make real career gains if the film had been successful. Witherspoon and Vergara were both producers on the project. Additionally, Vergara was hoping that Hot Pursuit could transform her from a television star to a silver screen starlet.

'Sofia has a love/hate relationship with Modern Family,' the source said. 'Its shooting schedule is long and difficult, but if she had a real movie career, she could leave' Sofia was hoping to have some kind of leverage for next season's contract negotiations, but because Hot Pursuit was such a turkey, she needs the show more than ever.'

[From Radar]

Is the Modern Family shooting schedule really that arduous' I mean' it's a half-hour sitcom on network TV. Even if there are long hours (doubtful'), it's an ensemble where six actors carry the weight and the network is going out of their way to make the actors happy. I tend to think Sofia is in a better position overall ' she's still the star of one of the biggest network comedies around, she has tons of side projects and of course she'll get a chance to do more movies. But Reese' I don't know. I guess we're supposed to believe that this past year has been so incredible for her (and she did get an Oscar nomination), but it feels like she's still struggling' Anyway, Reese and Sofia should stop blaming each other and blame the screenwriter. The script sounded like it was terrible.

As we saw on Wednesday, both People Magazine and US Weekly have competing covers this week for the Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner divorce. As I say in every post about these two: holy crap their publicity maneuvers are both fascinating and impressive. They are blanketing the press with positive statements, details and little stories to the point where the public doesn’t quite know what happened, doesn’t see Ben as a big bad cheating gambling drunk, and yet understands that the divorce was his fault on some general level. I’ll quit going off about this, but it’s just amazing to me. I told Kaiser it was like eating a good steak. (In no way am I reveling in the breakup of two parents or a family, I am just watching this unfold and clapping over here in my corner at how well they’re working the press.)

Both articles open with the details about Ben and Jen’s breakup vacation in the Bahamas. (Which was documented by a photographer, unsurprisingly) and then mention the couple’s statement. US Magazine’s take is much more smarmy and focused on the pain that Ben caused Jennifer. They also go into the nitty gritty of his serial cheating, drinking and gambling. People sanitizes the story, making it sound like it was Ben’s fault but that the marriage was fated to fail. I’m including some choice quotes and excerpts (which were not yet published online as far as I remember) from each below. I include more excerpts from US because they dished more dirt. Seriously, buy US this week. I can’t do it justice here, it’s a juicy read.

People: What Went Wrong

'At the end of the day, he left her no choice. But she has always been and continues to be the strongest person I know. All things considered, she is handling this as well as any person could.'

Several sources close to Garner say that allegations of infidelity (which Affleck vehemently denies) and other troubling behavior by Affleck, including gambling and drinking, weighed heavily in Garner's decision. 'She loved Ben,' says another friend, 'but there comes a time when you have to say enough is enough and take care of yourself'

'Saying he's a bad father and husband is an easy story, and everyone has wanted to clock him as a womanizer and gambler'

'She could be overly controlling. He couldn't deal with her expectations.'

US Magazine: Jen’s Secret Hell

Subtitle: After years of rumored affairs – and a quiet separation – Garner had enough. Why she showed Ben Affleck the door.

It's Ben's Fault

'There's a lot of bullish-t out there, but the reason they split is because of Ben's drinking,' alleges one source, 'and his infidelities.' (A source close to Affleck counters, 'Ben did not cheat on Jen.') While A-lister Garner, 43, back-burnered her career in recent years' her husband, 42, flitted from set to set' and with every hot new project came an opportunity to work with beautiful women. Though an Affleck pal says his wife and kids 'take priority over everything else,' another source says, 'Ben just couldn't control himself.'

Problems built up over the years

Sometimes the actor would confess his transgressions, Garner has told sources, and beg for forgiveness' but after a decade of heartbreak and seemingly endless whispers – and a recent 10-months trial separation – she'd had enough. 'There wasn't one thing that caused Jen to snap,' says the source. 'It was a steady buildup over the years. She really, really tried.'

Jen didn't want to announce the split

'She had a very hard time going public,' a source says' 'Ben had been pushing her to release the statement for several weeks. He wanted to be free.'

Jen was controlling, according to Ben's peeps

Garner source: 'She keeps Ben in line as much as she can. She was his rock''

An Affleck insider argues Garner's impossibly high standards hurt their relationship: 'Ben was never perfect enough for her, no matter how hard he tried. It was an extremely controlling environment, with her constantly nitpicking at him.'

They almost split in December, 2010

'The spark was lost and the marriage had become a huge struggle''

They decided to spend one final Christmas together as a family. Then things changed' [but] their optimism was short-lived. During that summer, 'the downs were becoming more frequent than the ups,' says a source. But Garner also became pregnant with their third child during that time. 'That turned the whole thing on its head' You know how it is'. Baby comes and solves the issues for a bit, but it's just a Band-Aid.'

[From People and Us, print editions]

In case you missed that, US just claimed that Samuel was a band-aid baby, which is something many gossips have speculated. I remember when those two had problems in 2010, because they were staging photo ops and In Touch reported that they were in counseling (which has since been confirmed). Around 2009, Jen stepped out with a huge diamond ring which many people speculated Ben bought it for her as some kind of apology for his transgressions.

So I think Ben’s team got to claim People Mag and Jennifer’s team got US Weekly. They’re still working together to manage the story. I truly believe that this divorce just set a whole new precedent for celebrity PR. Other bigwigs are going to want to either hire the team behind this and/or copy this method of blasting the press with positive quotes and then releasing just enough vague dirty details, which they then deny, to avoid additional digging.

Here’s Emma Stone looking white hot and so damn uber cute it hurts at last night’s premiere for Irrational Man in Beverly Hills. Sigh… this peach’s adorable looks never cease to amaze me. Hands down the second cutest celebrity babe on the planet (the first being Rachel Bilson of course). And I dig her even more when she actually look a little busty, as she is in a few of the shots. Nice. Enjoy, and try not to drool all over yourselves!

We discussed the Ariana Grande situation yesterday. To recap: Ariana Grande, her new boyfriend and two other friends were in a donut shop and Ariana was an utter pill, licking and spitting on donuts and screeching 'What the f'k is that' I hate Americans. I hate America! That's disgusting.' Her non-apology was utterly stupid too ' she didn't apologize for assaulting the poor donuts and basically confirmed her hate for overweight people.

So, what's new' Several things. After TMZ's video went viral, Ariana and the donut shop (Wolfee Donuts) are facing investigations from several different agencies. The local police are investigating, and the department of Environmental Health is launching its own investigation into the donut shop and their Ariana-spittle-tainted donuts, all of which were unknowingly sold. Wolfee Donuts is in trouble because they left their donuts out in the open, subject to customers' spittle. In fact, the Los Angeles Times reports that the donut shop could be in more hot water than Ariana:

A doughnut shop at the center of a controversy involving pop star Ariana Grande is in hot water with Riverside County health officials after surveillance video showed her licking a tray of doughnuts left exposed on a counter. The video apparently shows Grande and a man at Wolfee Donuts in Lake Elsinore about 11:30 p.m. Saturday 'maliciously lick' doughnuts left on a display shelf, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said.

The shop owner took the video to detectives and filed a report, saying the doughnuts were deliberately tampered with. But Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Vasquez says they don't believe a crime was committed, so they won't be investigating Grande. Now Riverside County's Department of Environmental Health is investigating the doughnut shop — not Grande — for the food tampering. Department spokeswoman Dottie Merki says health inspectors will be looking into whether the doughnut shop has a history of leaving doughnuts out on display and if they had existing policies to prevent access to the fried confectioneries.

The sheriff’s department will be assisting the environmental health department with its investigation. No charges have been filed, Vasquez said.

[From The LAT]

Ugh, if Wolfee Donuts faces more damage than Ariana Grande, I will be very disappointed. For what it's worth, The Wrap says that Wolfee Donuts has tripled their business in the wake of the Ariana incident. So' okay.

Meanwhile, Diva Toddler Ariana Grande released a second apology, this time in video form. You know how everyone complains about how she doesn't enunciate while singing' It's a problem for her regular speaking voice too.

Ariana says in part:

“I feel like the apology that I posted ' I kind of missed my opportunity to actually, like, sincerely apologize and express how I was feeling because I was too busy preaching about my issues with the food industry, which is not, I feel like, relative. I feel like I could've expressed myself in a different way, so here I am. I feel like now's my chance, before the whole thing blows over, to say my side, and that I've actually never been prouder to be American, to be honest. All the advances we've made in the last couple of months, all the wonderful progressive things that have been going on ' I've never been prouder of this country, actually'I'm not here to justify my behavior or make any excuses, because I can't. I'm just here to apologize, and tell you that I love you, and I appreciate being able to talk to you like this. I’m 22 years old. I’m human. I still got a lot to learn. And I make mistakes and that’s how I’m going to learn… That’s how we grow, you know' That’s how we get better. “

[Via HuffPo]

If that apology sounds positively Beiber-esque, it's because Ariana and Biebs share the same dimwitted manager, Scooter Braun. I can feel Braun's fingerprints all over this. Anyway, do you even care about Ariana's second apology' I do not.

Here are some photos from last night's LA premiere of Irrational Man, the Woody Allen film starring Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone and Parker Posey. Those three came out for the premiere and I have to say' I think all three looked pretty great for who they are. You know' Joaquin made an effort to look presentable and while he wore his Chucks, I feel like he was freshly showered and wearing some nicer clothes. Parker Posey is one of my forever girl-crushes and I think she looks amazing in the animal print.

As for Emma' stylistically, I kind of wonder if she's in a style rut. She wore this Giambattista Valli Resort 2016 dress which is perfectly pretty, but it seems like something she's worn a million times before. She goes for pale, tea-length dresses too often. I'm adding a closeup of Emma so you can see her makeup too ' winged blue eyeliner.

After the premiere/screening, Parker and Emma hung out and did a Q&A session with fans. They both heaped praise on Woody Allen, and Parker even went so far as to say that she cried after Woody offered her a role: 'I broke down in tears. I was overcome. I pine for parts ' I want to play these parts, and I've been really bitter about not being in a Woody Allen movie for a long time!' It's weird that Parker in particular has never been in a Woody Allen before now ' she seems tailor-made for Woody Allen films, and she's mined the neurotic-New-Yorker characters for most of her career.

This photo of Jennifer Lawrence and Bill Murray at San Diego Comic-Con is everything. Two of my favorites standing next to each other! JLaw is wearing the same expression I would after spotting Bill, sort of. I’d probably pass out from sheer shock before getting too close. Never meet your heroes, you know.

Bill was on hand to promote Rock the Casbah while Jennifer attended the Mockingjay: Part 2 panel with Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth. Poor Liam. He’s probably the Taylor Lautner of the franchise, but I can see Josh taking the indie route after this franchise ends. This is the cast’s last Comic-Con together, and JLaw told Variety, “These movies changed my life. I feel like it will always be a part of me.” Then Jennifer talked about her true love, food:

She then proceeded to candidly discuss topics like sending drunk e-mails, and laugh her way through most of the audience’s questions. Then, at the end of the panel, she mouthed something inaudible to co-star Liam Hemsworth. It looked like she said, “I’m so hungry.”

Twenty minutes later at the press conference, Refinery29 asked Lawrence if that is indeed what she said. “I did say that I was hungry,” she told us. Then, in true JLaw fashion, she proceeded to list exactly how much she ate in that short span of time. “I ate a panini, and some crackers, and a wrap.”

It goes on. “Then, I tried to grab French fries and this stern lady literally swatted my hand away and went, ‘No!’” she told us, inciting a roomful of laughter. “I haven’t been talked to like that since the first movie came out,” she joked.

Lawrence also confirmed that she, Hemsworth, and Josh Hutcherson are on a group text together. She was exactly the brand of wildly uncensored actress we hoped to see today. “I’m starting this new thing — I’m trying to develop a filter,” she told us. “I’m working on it.”

[From Refinery 29]

The Dorito dust queen rides again. For some reason, I picture JLaw actually attacking a panini grill instead of simply eating a panini sandwich. Plus a wrap. She’s very serious about her eating. Here’s a clip of JLaw singing Cher’s “Believe” on last night’s Conan O’Brien episode. She also made a farty noise and joked around with Josh while Liam just sat there.

Here’s Jennifer Lawrence making her way and attending the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 panel at the San Diego Comic-Con yesterday afternoon, and that sound you hear' It’s tens of thousands of nerds exploding. I mean, that usually happens when they see a girl. Can you imagine when they lay eyes on Jen’s bodacious hotness and curves, and a glimpse at her groovy midriff/groovy waist. Nice. Enjoy!

Here’s Selena Gomez looking like a sexy little minx while prancing around Los Angeles yesterday afternoon, and showing off her sexy little legs in an ultra short pair of cut-off shorts… nice! What’s even nicer is that she’s giving us a peek at her sexy little bra as well in the first shot in the first row bellow. Naughty, naughty! Alright, enough blabbing. Enjoy the show!